All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC

Video: What Benefits Children’s Development? What The Top Economist James Heckman Really Says.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 19, 2023in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Women & Work

February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (youtube video): Interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Original article: February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (article): The…

Unheard Voices: Discussing Canada’s National Daycare System – Daycare policy leaves out many or most voices.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 19, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC

2021 October 14. Cardus - (web video): "Unheard Voices: Discussing Canada's National Daycare System"Cardus' Unheard Voices series brings more voices in. This panel discussion on the Canada-wide childcare policy features Karen Renkema of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada, Julie…

Government Attacks Parental Consent for Kids’ Health Care: “Mature Minors” & BC Infants Act

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 17, 2021in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Mature minor consent & Infants Act, Parental consent & informed consent, Parental preference, Parents’ and Children’s Rights

2021 June. Kids First - (youtube video): "BC Government Campaign Attacks Parental Consent for Kids' Health Care: "Mature Minors" & BC Infants Act" Parents' legal obligation and right to determine their children's health care is under attack across Canada. The…

Federal Budget 2021 Child Care Funding: Kids First President Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 17, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Policy with promise

2021 April. Kids First - (Youtube video): "Federal Budget 2021 Child Care Funding: Kids First President Helen Ward". Child care is the care of a child, whoever does it. Child care is socially essential work, whoever does it. But the…

Separating Children From Parents Has Been a Strategy of Canadian Politicians Since Before Confederation

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 16, 2021in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, First Nations, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

2021 June. National Post - (web news article): "The Canadians who thought Residential Schools were a good idea"For KF archive copy of news article see here Note: Edgerton Ryerson was the 'father' of not only the Residential School system but…

Long-Standing Daycare Lobbyist Error Corrected

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 17, 2021May 20, 2021in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization

May 5, 2021 - Kids First submitted this correction (PDF) to two different articles in the Toronto Star regarding incorrect statements that: 1. Leading daycare lobbyist, Martha Friendly's lobby group, the Childcare Resource and Reference Unity, is at the University…

Fund The Child, Not System Spaces

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 14, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Misc.

https://twitter.com/kidsfirstcanada/status/1392587204334034946?s=20

Daycare Lobby Power Grab History: Toronto Star Daycare Reporter Describes How Canada’s Daycare Lobby Legacy Feminists Got Power by Getting in Bed With the Business Elite Neo-lib/Cons, “The Boys”, “The Suits” at RBC, the World Bank and the OCED

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 8, 2021May 8, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

2005. Laurie Monsabraaten. Toronto Star - (news article): "The 'Tiny Tot' brigade; The daycare lobby believed it might actually for the first time in 30 years taste victory a publicly funded, national child-care program. But defeat seems to be making…

2021 Federal Budget: $30 Billion More Over 6 yrs For Non-Parental Institutional Child Care – Government Attack On the Right of Children, Women, Parents

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 8, 2021May 8, 2021in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural

The top priority in the April 2021 federal budget was more institutional child care and coercing all mothers into full time jobs. On top of additional massive funding, $30 billion more over 6 years was offered including a much expanded…

WSJ – “A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 16, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

1998 (posted 2021 March). Andrew Peyton Thomas. Wall Street Journal - (article): "A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing". PDF excerpt copy for reference Edward Zigler, co-founder of US Head Start program, called daycare centres "PSYCHOLOGICAL THALIDOMIDE"The research cited in this…

Policy Shorts & Sound Bites For Child Care and Family

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 2, 2021March 2, 2021in Misc., Policy with promise

March 2021. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - (PDF doc): "Policy Shorts & Sound Bites For Child Care and Family" Polict Shorts & Sounds Bites For CHild Care and FamilyMarch 2021Note: ELCC = early learning and child care ENDING…

BBC article – “Is the Western way of raising kids weird?”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 28, 2021February 28, 2021in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

2021 February. Kelly Oakes. BBC - (news web article): "Is the Western way of raising kids weird?"Expectations for sleep, togetherness, bed time, independence are different in different cultures. The key to thinking outside the Western box might be to remember…

“Looking after your own child is work, and it’s honourable work and it’s essential work and it should be regarded as such” – Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 24, 2020November 24, 2020in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization

Kids First President Helen Ward quoted: Nov. 18, 2020. Alex Ballingall. The Star - article (web): "Ottawa considering tying provincial money for child care to a new set of national standards" See Kids First PDF copy for reference here NOTE…

Canadian Daycare Research

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 14, 2020May 8, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quality & staff-child ratios, Vacancy rates

The "You Bet I Care!" research was done for the federal government. There were 4 studies released in about 2000. They were done by top daycare lobbyists. The reports contain reliable evidence of:- high vacancy rates (study 1)- inadequate quality…

Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 16, 2020in Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Enrollment statistics, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Vacancy rates, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.org info@kidsfirstcanada.org Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes Burnaby, BC - October 15, 2020 - BC’s political parties have missed the opportunity to earn votes…